AYESHA : The Queen Of Fire novel Chapter 2

I went home after what happened in the market. I was walking on my way through the dusty road. I cover my nose and mouth whenever the wind blows. The combination of dust and the wind is not good at all.

I was almost close to our house when a wagon passed by me. I coughed when the dust suddenly got in my mouth and blinded my sight for a while.

I glared at the retreating wagon and ran towards our house.

I looked at the dress that I was wearing. I didn’t notice a while ago that there’s a tear on the tip. My mama would probably scold me if she saw this.

I changed into my tunic dress and just stayed in my room.

Sometimes I also think that what if we’re not poor? I can really go to school and study. Being poor in our town is so difficult. We are not allowed to go to school.

Many people my age in our town were already working. But my mama wouldn’t allow me to work. She wanted me to always stay here in the house. She said that it was for my safety and I didn’t know why she said that. Am I not safe outside?

I sighed and looked at myself in the mirror. My hair didn’t go back to its original color. It was red right now.

I bit my lower lip and looked at my hand. An evil smile formed on my lips. I couldn’t only use it if there was someone who could see me. But what if no one? I could use it. They would never know. Mama would never know.

I wanted to learn more about how to use this gift that I have. I couldn’t use it here inside my room. I might set our house on fire.

I decided to go to a nearby forest. No one will see me there.

I ran towards the forest and found a perfect spot making sure no one would notice that I was in here.

I was startled and stopped when I heard the cracking sound of the dried leaves being stepped by. I roamed my eyes in the surrounding, trying to check if there was someone in the forest aside from me.

My eyes widened and I immediately hid in one of the trees when I saw a suspicious man lurking a couple of meters away from where I was. They were two of them. They dress differently compared to the people in our town and I was pretty sure that they were not from here.

The other guy kept on looking everywhere like trying to check if there were other people aside from them in the forest.

“Ne quis es certus est hic?”

“Ita vero.”

My brows furrowed. What were they talking about? They were talking in a language that I couldn’t understand.

My eyes widened when I accidentally stepped on the dried leaves. I saw how the other men turned to my side while his brows furrowed but good thing that I immediately hid right away. I covered my mouth and held my breath.

“Quid erat illud?”

“Sicut ventus erat.”

I heard them talking again. I tried to take a peek at them but I was surprised when I could no longer see where they were. They just vanished. I roamed my eyes to find them but they were gone.

How could they just disappear in an instant?

I was not really sure if they were from our kingdom. But I was sure that they are not from Scala Town. I haven’t gone out of our town. I haven’t seen the Higher Council as well.

Were they one of the Higher Council? If they were one of them, what were they doing here in the forest?

There were a lot of questions that were running through my mind. Those two men also have a tattoo on their neck that I couldn’t understand.

I waited for a couple of minutes and just stayed where I was hiding. When I was sure that they were gone, I went out and tried to find another spot. I went farther away from where I saw those men. The last thing that I wanted to happen was for someone to see me playing with fire.

I found a spot where there were a lot of trees and bushes that would cover me. It was also out of the path so I was pretty sure no one would have gone too far from where I was.

I tried to relax and controlled my breathing. I snapped my finger and the fire came out right away but it died out in an instant.

I stopped when I heard another cracking sound of the dry leaves and it was right in front of me. The sound was coming from the bush. My eyes widened when the bush suddenly moved. I hid in one of the trees closeby. My heart almost leaped out from my chest when something jumped in front of me.

“Ahhhhhh!” I screamed but then covered my mouth right away and stifled it when I remembered where I was. I need to be as quiet as possible or someone might hear me.

I wanted to slap myself when I saw what was that thing that jumped in front of me. I sighed in relief when I saw a hare crouching beneath me. It was just a hare! Goodness!

“Hey there little thing. You just scared me there.” I tried to touch it but it jumped and ran away from me.

Okay. Expect that there’s a lot of animals in the forest Ayesha. Relax and concentrate, again.

I heard another cracking sound of the leaves nearby. It was where the hare just ran off. I shrugged it off. It’s just the hare Ayesha.

I concentrate again on my breathing. I snapped my fingers again and instantly the fire came out. I concentrated and tried to make the fire bigger and make it last for a couple of minutes. But sadly, it would die right away. I want to make it last longer. Like, trying to control when it comes out and die out.

It was not easy. And I almost gave up. But then after a couple of trial and error. I made it!

I was dancing in joy while watching the fire on my hand that didn’t die out. And because of my recklessness, I didn’t notice that some of the fire from my hand was already scattered to the ground.

The dried leaves were already burning on the ground. The smoke from the burning leaves was already clouding a small part of the forest.

I died out of the fire in my hand and tried to stop the burning leaves from scattering. I was coughing heavily, the smoke was starting to get heavy.

Ayesha! What have you done?!

I panic when the fire becomes bigger. My eyes widened as I saw how the fire engulfs the forest.

Ayesha! You need to leave before someone sees you!

I ran fast going out of the forest. I tried to run to another route which was closer to our house and I was sure that no one would see me.

What have you done, Ayesha?